Pauline Funchain is an Oncology physician affiliated with Palo Alto University. OpenAlex indexes 250 publications with 4,070 citations (h-index 29).
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
300 Pasteur Dr
Palo Alto, CA 943042203
Telephone
650-723-4000Provider last certified this registry record 15 Mar 2024.
Industry payments
12 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- GENZYME CORPORATIONProgram year20241 payment
- Immunocore LimitedProgram year20243 payments
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year20241 payment
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
Medicare prescribing footprint (2023)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Cancer & immunology
61.5%Kinase inhibitor61.5%Mekinist54%Tafinlar46%Part D<11 patientsMetabolism & gastrointestinal
38.5%Corticosteroid38.5%Prednisone100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2026–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
Awards in the NIH RePORTER records where a principal investigator name matches this physician at an organization in their practice state. Latest award years shown; each row links to the project record on RePORTER.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Germline cancer susceptibility in individuals with melanoma
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
2024
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